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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

PATRICK GORGORAN, OF YORK, NEBRASKA.

HORSE AND CATTLE LINIMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,219, datedSeptember 26, 1882, Application filed July 21, 1882. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be .it known that I, PATRICK CORGORAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at York, in the county of York and State of Nebraska, haveinvented a new and useful composition of matter and fluid to be used fora blister as an irritant for the purpose of curing any kind ofdiseases-such as sprains, Ste-where an irritant is required, of whichthe following is a specification.

My composition consists of the followingingredients, combined in theproportions stated, viz: alcohol, one quart; cantharides, four ounces;mercurial ointment, four ounces; corrosive subliinate, two ounces; oilof vitriol, four ounces; muriate of ammonia, four ounces; tincture ofiodine, four ounces; spirits of turpentine, eight ounces; oil ofspike,four ounces; oil ot'origanum, four ounces; oil of olive, four ounces;oil of amber, four ounces; British oil, four ounces; oil of cedar, fourounces; oil of hemlock, four ounces. These ingredients are to bethoroughly mingled together in the form and manner, one by one, in themanner and order in which they are put down.

In using the above-named com position, apply it to the place or partaffected and rub in thoroughly with the hand. By the use of the abovecomposition the part affected will be blistered, and by applicationseveral timesonce a daythe part affected will become sore and thedisease removed. Then by greasing same with lard the sore will heal upwithout removal of the hair, This is the only composition that will curehoof-bound or contracted feet or navicular diseases, and'in using thesame for the above diseases it is to be applied around the coronet oncea day for four or fii e days. This will cause the coronet organs to act.

I am not aware that a composition of this kind is in any book or inwriting in any place.

1 am aware that blister-liniments have been used; but I am not awarethat all of the ingredients of my composition, in the proportionsstated, have been used together.

What I claim, and desire to securcbyLetters Patent of the United States,is-

The herein-described composition of matter or blister-liniment,consisting of alcohol, cantharides, mercurial ointment, corrosivesublimate, oil of vitriol,muriate of ammonia, tincture of iodine,spirits of turpentine,oil of spike,

oil of origanum, oil of olive, oil of amber,

British oil, oil of cedar, and oil of hemlock, in the proportionsspecified.

- PATRICK GORCORAN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. FRANCE, N. V. HARLAN.

